Shloka 15

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

यच्चापि त्वमृषीन्‌ मूढ ब्रह्मुकल्पान्‌ दुरासदान्‌

Transliteration

yaccāpi tvam ṛṣīn mūḍha brahmukalpān durāsadān

Translation

At higit pa, O nalilinlang na mangmang, naglakas-loob ka pang harapin ang mga rishi—mga pantas na tulad ni Brahmā, mahirap lapitan at kakila-kilabot—kaya nahayag ang iyong padalus-dalos na pagmamataas at ang iyong kabiguang makilala ang tunay na kapangyarihang espirituwal.

Word by Word

• यत्: and that which / that (fact) that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्
• Form: relative pronoun (neuter singular accusative used adverbially: 'that which/that')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: particle

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine (pronoun), nominative, singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• मूढ: O deluded one / O fool
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular (addressing 'you')

• ब्रह्मकल्पान्: Brahma-like / equal to Brahmā
• ब्रह्मकल्पान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मकल्प
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)

• दुरासदान्: hard to approach / unassailable
• दुरासदान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• ṛṣis (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should recognize and honor spiritual authority; arrogance that leads one to challenge or disrespect great sages is portrayed as delusion and a breach of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Agastya rebukes the addressed person, pointing out that he has even taken on mighty ṛṣis—Brahma-like and unapproachable—highlighting the speaker’s condemnation of the person’s folly and overconfidence.